Add a Golf Cart to Your Stay: Beach Parking and Rules

6-passenger EV. $300/stay for the whole stay. Beach parking for the cart is free with house-registered tags — cars stay at the house.

Active-duty, veteran, and military families get the cart free when booking direct. See our military thank-you.

Planning a fishing trip? The cart easily carries rods and coolers to the beach accesses. Read our Topsail Island fishing guide. Headed to the town park, Seaview Pier or dinner at Splash? See things to do in North Topsail Beach.

6 passengers

Seats six. Rear rack holds beach chairs.

Charges overnight

Electric, and it charges at the house.

Cart beach parking free

With house-registered tags, beach parking for the golf cart is free. Park cars at the house; use the cart for beach gear.

Your own license

The driver needs their own valid driver's license.

35 mph roads

Any road posted 35 mph or below. Not a 4x4.

North Topsail Beach golf cart rules

The town follows North Carolina state law for golf carts. In short:

On public streets, a cart must be licensed, insured and registered with the NC DMV as a low-speed vehicle. Ours is.
The driver must hold a valid driver's license (age 16 or older in North Carolina) and carry it, along with proof of insurance.
Carts may only drive on public roads posted 35 mph or slower. They may cross straight over a faster road only to reach another road posted 35 mph or slower.
At the town's beach-access lots, golf carts follow the same paid parking rules as cars and must park in marked, legal spaces. The town lets property owners register two vehicles to park free, and our cart is registered to the house, so its beach parking is covered.

Source: Town of North Topsail Beach, Golf Carts and Beach Access & Parking. Rules can change, so check the town page before you drive.